From: Eric Backus <ericb AT lsid DOT hp DOT com>
Subject: Re: re updating DJGPP
To: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu (djgpp)
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 93 15:04:42 PST
Mailer: Elm [revision: 66.25]

Somebody writes:
> > My sugestion: FORGET about DPMI *.* -
> > PLEASE concentrate on the important things like GDB
> >   - a source level debugger

Eric (eweitzman AT esri DOT com, or 75020 DOT 1171 AT compuserve DOT com) writes:
> I cannot convey how much I disagree with this sentiment.  I suppose it
> depends on your perspective, or the development environment that you
> want to use.
...
> Even though Windows needs a 486 to perform, and it's not
> NextStep or heaven help us, Motif or QWM, it is a pleasure to use, and
> my family can also deal with it.  If the DPMI issue was resolved, I'd
> be where I'd like to be.

I too would like to see djgpp work within MSWindows.  I understand the
difficulty of doing it, and I greatly appreciate even having what we
have today.  But that's still what I'd like.

I can live just fine without gdb.  I know I'll sound old fashioned,
but frankly I have yet to find a debugging problem that can't be
solved with printf() and a good understanding of the source code.
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				Eric Backus
				ericb AT lsid DOT hp DOT com
				(206) 335-2495